Strainer for milk-cans.



H. NELSON.

STRAINER FOR MILK GAINS. I APPLICATION FILED 1 213. 2, 1912.

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STRAINER 0R MILK CANS. APPLICATION FILED FEB.12,1912.

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HERMAN NELSON, OIE GOTHENBURG, NEBRASKA.

STBAINER FOR MILK-CANS.

Application filed February 12, 1912. Serial No. 676,941.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN NELSON, a citizen of Sweden, residing atGothenberg, in the county of Dawson and State of Nebraska, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Strainers for Milk- Cans, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in strainers for milk cans andits object is to produce a device of this class that can be used as afixture in a milk can.

Another object is to provide a simple and inexpensive strainer that willpermit the milk or cream to be properly strained into a can or similarreceptacle.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fullydescribed in the following specification, pointed out in the claim andillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a can provided with my improved strainer. Fig. 2 is avertical section taken through the same. Fig. 3 is a plan. Fig 4 is asection taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 3 partly in section. Fig. 5 is a viewon an enlarged scale of one of the perforated plates employed. Fig. 6 isa similar view of another perforated plate.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

1 is the milk can provided with a flared top 2 within which oppositelydisposed stops 3 provided with alternately positioned latches 4 aresecured.

5 is a handle the extremities of which are adapted for engagement withthe latches 4 whereby it is held in position and a perforated cover 6 isbolted to the said handle as at 7, the lower edge of the said coverfitting snugly within the body of the can 1 and resting upon a shelf orcover support 8 which is bolted to the can.

9 is a perforated plate, the perforations being smaller than those ofthe cover 6, provided with lugs 10 by which it is bolted to the cover 6as at 11 and beneath the plate 9 a strainer cloth 12 is removablydisposed and held in position by a frictionally supported perforatedplate 13 that fits snugly within the lower termination of the cover 6;the perforations in the plate 18 being smaller than those of the plate9. By means of the handle 5 the entire strainer is readily removed fromor inserted into the can. When the strainer is in position in the canand milk poured upon it the same will first pass through theperforations of the cover 6 which will prevent the passage of any largesolid particles of foreign substance; from the cover the milk passesthrough the smaller perforations of the plate 9 and then through thestrainer cloth whose mesh is sufficiently fine to strain the milkthoroughly and from the said cloth the milk will pass through theperforations of the supporting plate 13 into the can.

What I claim is The combination with a can having a neck, a flared topand a cover support, of oppositely disposed stops provided withalternately positioned latches disposed within said flared top, a handleadapted for engagement with the said latches, a perforated cover securedto said handle adapted to rest upon the said cover support, a perforatedplate secured to said perforated cover, a strainer cloth disposedbeneath the last named plate and a perforated supporting platefrictionally engaging the said cover beneath the said strainer cloth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afixedmy signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN NELSON. Witnesses:

ELMER THELIN, J. W. BROWDER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

